Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook 575
DarkOx sends this snippet from BusinessInsider:
"Anonymous has vowed to destroy Facebook on November 5th (which should ring a bell). Citing privacy concerns and the difficulty involved in deleting a Facebook account, Anonymous hopes to 'kill Facebook,' the 'medium of communication [we] all so dearly adore.' They continued, 'It is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity. It is a battle for choice and informed consent. ... Facebook keeps saying that it gives users choices, but that is completely false. It gives users the illusion of and hides the details away from them "for their own good" while they then make millions off of you. When a service is "free," it really means they're making money off of you and your information.'"
Re:meh (Score:4, Interesting)
And with this.... Anonymous jumps the shark.
Question how concerned is Mark? (Score:4, Interesting)
Personally I'd be very worried if I were him. Groups like Lulz Sec have shown they have people among them who are highly capable and are able to create substantial economic losses for their targets. Anonymous has had less success notable their failure to take down Amazon, and the Credit Card processing companies. Still the threat is credible and Facebook being a one trick pony (they have no business out side their website) could be really hurt by an attack.
Me thinks Anon better come up with something a little more clever than a DDOS though or they are going to be the ones getting schooled.
Re:Uhm... DUH. (Score:5, Interesting)
But wait until you try and do something about the world. Maybe you'll run for political office. Or want to help out at child care center down the street. Wanted that teacher's license? Maybe someone will find out that people that google Cheerios, fucktards, and pantyhose are statistically proven to be terrorists and need to be rounded up and vilified. They'll look around for a while until that one row in one table in one database outs you. Then you're toast.
Re:if not at least deface it! (Score:5, Interesting)
Outcome 5: Anonymous neither fails nor attacks on that day. The announcement is misinformation. Perhaps it is a distraction from a different target they intend to hit on the same day, is a distraction because they will be hitting facebook before that.
Outcome 6: Anonymous has already obtained information that, when released, will be a major public relations scandal for facebook, or perhaps will be evidence of criminality. The information will be released on that day.
In any event, this appears to be Anonymous trying to do something to hurt the U.S. Intelligence community, with the side-effect of raising awareness of data privacy issues.
Re:Uhm... DUH. (Score:0, Interesting)
How long did it take the Anonymouse script-kiddies to figure this out?
"When a service is "free," it really means they're making money off of you and your information.'"" Hello - that's been the model of free services for as long as services have been free. You guys need to get a refund for that pot you're smoking and go detox somewhere. People consider it an amicable trade. A few are inconvenienced - boo hoo. Grow a pair and move on.
You, "sir", are a stupid git.
I will tell you WHY you are a stupid git:
It is because you believe that everybody else thinks the same way you do. You believe that they have exactly the same education as you do. You believe that they understand economics, finance, and the banking industry.
Probably more in tune to reality (as opposed to YOUR version of reality) is the fact that most people (especially Americans educated through the American tax system that believes that less taxes means greater freedom, and no taxes means Utopia; Tea Party time!).
Unfortunately most people, through their lack of political acumen, and pro-advertisement based reality have cargo-cult [wikimedia.org] belief systems. So they really DO believe they can get things for free, if they worship the right Corporation.
I remember watching a Frontline [wikimedia.org] episode about credit cards where they interviewed some well dressed, middle class office workers about the credit card industry (they all had credit cards). There answers were based in ignorance and mythology. For example, they believed it was to their advantage to pay down the minimum balance on a credit card (rather than paying the credit card debt off as soon as possible). This may seem stupid to YOU. And yes indeed it is stupid, but what is MORE stupid is believing that everybody else has YOUR common sense notion of reality and logic.
And so, (especially in the United States... where FaceBook is most popular), you have children going to school where their sports teams, and TV-funded lessons are sponsored by advertisements. You believe these people have the knowledge, experience, or education to believe that a CORPORATION would INVADE somebody's privacy. I even remember hearing of pupils who where expelled from school because during a class picture they did not hold up the advertisement flag that the school relies on for corporate sponsorship.
So who is the stupid git? Maybe you should stop bad-mouthing pot-smokers, you ignorant, prejudiced snot.